The clock is ticking on the Ottawa Senators.
The first step in general manager Pierre Dorion’s master plan to get the club back to respectability is about to be put into action with the NHL trade deadline set for two weeks from today on Monday, Feb.

The next two weeks won’t be easy for the players on the Ottawa Senators.
If you thought you heard plenty of chatter in the past two months, it’s only going to increase with the NHL trade deadline set for Feb.

TORONTO — The Ottawa Senators won’t be cleaning house.
Team president Tom Anselmi’s departure from the front office after just 12 months leaked out Friday afternoon and was then confirmed later in the night in a press release announcing general manager Pierre Dorion’s contract extension.

TORONTO — Pierre Dorion wore a wide smile Saturday.
Signed to a three-year contract extension Friday that will keep him in the general manager’s chair until the end of the 2021-22 campaign, Dorion, 45, was pleased to receive the vote of confidence from owner Eugene Melnyk after meeting with him last Monday and Tuesday in Barbados, but he also knew the hard work had begun in earnest.

TORONTO — The Ottawa Senators will have reinforcements for the next Battle of Ontario.
While Senators head coach Guy Boucher cancelled practice and held an optional skate at Canadian Tire Centre before a one-hour fight here Friday, there was good news as winger Mark Stone and centre Derick Brassard confirmed they would return for Saturday night’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Air Canada Centre.